Data Governance
The latest Data Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Tests New Podcast, Document, and Quiz Categories for Copilot Library
Microsoft is quietly testing a series of new content categories inside the Copilot library, with placeholder tabs for podcasts, documents, and quizzes spotted in recent test builds. The discovery,...
Rural College’s AI Leap Puts Microsoft Copilot and Governance to the Test
Barton Community College’s invitation to a national artificial intelligence consortium this month has peeled back the curtain on a sweeping, largely uncoordinated push by America’s two-year...
Microsoft’s AI Sustainability Tools Gain Traction as EU Simplifies ESG Rules, but Data Governance Risks Remain
European regulators are slashing the number of mandatory sustainability datapoints companies must report, while consumer watchdogs intensify crackdowns on vague green claims. In parallel, a wave of...
Microsoft’s Homegrown AI Push: MAI-1-preview and MAI-Voice-1 Signal Strategic Shift from OpenAI Reliance
Microsoft has begun publicly testing its first fully in-house foundation model, MAI-1-preview, alongside a high-speed voice model called MAI-Voice-1, signaling a deliberate move to build a...
Microsoft Ships In-House AI Models, Moving Copilot Beyond OpenAI Dependency
Microsoft has quietly deployed its first fully in-house AI models for consumer-facing Copilot experiences, a strategic pivot that reduces the company’s reliance on OpenAI’s technology and charts...
Hebbia's Azure AI Foundry Integration Signals New Era for Fund Administration Tech
A wave of announcements from the intersection of fintech and cloud computing has washed over the private capital sector, but one integration stands out as particularly emblematic: Hebbia, the...
Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Now Run the Same GPT-15 Model — So Which Should You Choose?
{ "title": "Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Now Run the Same GPT-15 Model — So Which Should You Choose?", "content": "Microsoft folded OpenAI’s GPT-15 models into its consumer and enterprise...
Life Without Barriers' Microsoft Security Overhaul: 321,000 Sensitive Files Tagged, 8.3M Activities Monitored
Life Without Barriers, one of Australia’s largest human‑services nonprofits, has uncovered over 321,000 documents containing sensitive data—and automated their protection—in a sweeping...
Prompt Engineering for Good: How NetHope and Microsoft Are Training Nonprofits on Copilot in 90 Minutes
Nonprofits can now access free, CPD-certified training in Microsoft Copilot and generative AI through a new program designed to fit into a single afternoon. NetHope, with support from Microsoft, has...
Microsoft's 'Windows Intelligence' Hub Leaked: Centralized AI Controls Coming to Windows 11
Microsoft’s engineers have been quietly laying the groundwork for a fundamental shift in how Windows handles artificial intelligence. Buried within recent Insider Preview builds of Windows 11...
Screenvision Pulls Off a 12-Week Cloud Heist: Oracle Databases to Azure and OCI Without a Hitch
Screenvision Media just closed a 12-week sprint that many IT leaders would call impossible. The national cinema advertising giant migrated its entire Oracle-driven core business to a multi-cloud...
Microsoft Deploys Surveys Agent Through Frontier Program: AI Now Designs, Distributes, and Analyzes Feedback in Copilot
Microsoft dropped a new AI-powered surveys agent into its Copilot for Microsoft 365 this week, aiming to collapse the entire feedback lifecycle—from drafting to analysis—into a single chat...